Google Maps expands AI features for route preview, visual search, and electric vehicle charging. The post Google Announces New AI Features Coming To Google Maps appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

OpenAI announces a Preparedness Team for safety in AI development and offering $25,000 in API credits for ideas on preventing catastrophic misuse of AI The post OpenAI Announces Preparedness Team And $25k API Credits For Top Survey Responses appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

A recent survey conducted by Amazon found that 75% of advertisers face challenges in ad creative development.

Website publishers in the United States can now earn money a new way with Microsoft pubCenter solution.

Google rolls out “Search Themes” for Performance Max campaigns, giving advertisers more input to steer the AI and capture additional relevant traffic. The post Google Performance Max Evolves With New “Search Themes” Feature appeared first on Search Engine Journal .

Google has updated its suspension notice emails from Google Business Profiles. Now when your business is suspended, Google will send an email explaining why it was suspended, i.e. for a policy violation.

Google will show a searcher a list of competing businesses after you clicked on a Local Service Ad and sent a message to that business to learn more about doing business with them. That is right, Google will offer up a way to reach out to other competitors even after already selected a business and clicked on that ad.

In May, Google announced the “about this” feature will be coming to Google Images with “about this image.” It is now live and it shows history of the image, how the site uses and describes the image and meta data of the image (if available) including if AI-enhanced or made the image.

Google announced yesterday that the Google Search Generative Experience has added new “supportive” links to the AI-powered answer snapshots.